Articles

• Can the conviction for criminal breach of trust be quashed when the underlying issue is a hire purchase contract dispute?
• Can the conviction for dishonest electricity abstraction be challenged in a revision petition when the only proof is a broken meter seal and no foreign material was found?
• Can the conviction for illegal gratification and breach of trust be challenged in a Punjab and Haryana High Court appeal when the trial magistrate found the evidence unreliable?
• Can the conviction for kidnapping of a minor for illicit intercourse be challenged on the basis of insufficient evidence and lack of forensic corroboration?
• Can the conviction for murder be overturned in a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court if the approver’s statements were given after a promise of pardon and the confession was obtained while the accused was still in police custody?
• Can the conviction for murder by unlawful assembly be challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the blood stained clothing was discovered after the accused’s statements?
• Can the conviction for unlawful assembly survive when five alleged participants were acquitted and not named in the FIR?
• Can the conviction of a bookstore owner for selling allegedly obscene material be quashed by a revision petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court because the magistrate relied on isolated passages rather than assessing the work as a whole?
• Can the conviction of a cooperative society chairman for alleged abetment of an import control offence be appealed on the ground that the licence condition is ultra vires in the Chandigarh High Court?
• Can the conviction of a senior agricultural board administrator for not filing a quarterly performance report be challenged through a criminal revision?